
Article 1 
The approval of the active substance methiocarb is not renewed.
Article 2 
In Part A of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, row 148, on methiocarb, is deleted.
Article 3 
Member States shall withdraw authorisations for plant protection products containing methiocarb as active substance by 3 January 2020 at the latest.
Article 4 
Any grace period granted by Member States in accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 shall be as short as possible and shall expire by 3 April 2020, at the latest.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 September 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER